Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the idea that an armed rebellion against his government would have succeeded during his first public comments since a Russian mercenary group marched toward Moscow over the weekend.
An"armed rebellion would have been suppressed anyway," he said late Monday night local time."Civil solidarity showed that any blackmail and attempts to organize an internal mutiny will end in defeat."It was not clear where Putin recorded his brief address. It had been reported he fled to St. Petersburg amid the chaos.
The Belarusian government negotiated the end of the crisis that led Prigozhin to flee to Belarus, though the investigation into his actions is underway. Putin, during his five-minute address, did not mention Prigozhin by name, though the demand that his troops join the Russian military played a role in pushing the Wagner Group leader to his short-lived revolt.
“We didn't march to overthrow Russia's leadership and turned around to avoid spilling the blood of Russian soldiers. We regret that we had to hit Russian aviation. Our march aimed to prevent the destruction of Wagner. We wanted to hold accountable those who made mistakes during the special military operation,” he said, according to the Kyiv Post.
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